What is it that drives us to love some animals more than others? What makes us mourn the loss of certain animals while accelerating the destruction of others? A lot of people would feel bad if they ran over a kitten or a dog.

An argument could be made that some animals have more function, like a horse can carry us quickly long distances, an elephant can carry tons of weight... but what about cats and dogs? What purpose do they serve?

Castle conflict is a game for the iPhone developed by a guy by the name of therabidwombat (if I remember correctly), and graphics by my friend Josiah. Josiah also did the graphics for Lynn's Legacy, which I thought was a beautiful game.

Well, I guess they're almost on the top 50 apps in the US, which'll give 'em a really big boost if they hit. Check it out, it's only $1.99 on the app store, and tell em cha0s sent you. Actually don't, because no one will care... xD

Seriously though, go buy it and make my buddy proud!

EDIT: They hit the top 50! =D

Found this guy hanging out on my grill! I must admit, the coloring of it was a little scary at first, and I was tempted to kill it, but I let him live.

It's a Phidippus audax spider... they're very curious and more aware of their surroundings than normal spiders.

He didn't feel threatened by me, even though I got pretty close to him. They raise up their front legs at you when they do. I killed one like him before and it did the leg thing as I was preparing to send him to spider heaven. Creepy!

Inspiration is like fire, it's only a passing thing and requires fuel in order to burn. We are its fuel. Make yourself the most flammable to it as you can.

I need to get out of here... I'm fading fast.

So, I woke up this morning, bright and early (for me) around 8 o'clock, got in the shower and got ready for work... Well look at that, no internet, AGAIN!

So, this means now I have to get my winter stuff on (because there's this thing going on outside, called a frickin blizzard) and walk over to Walmart, so I can PAY to talk to AT&T. So okay, did that and spent 30 bucks on cell minutes.

As you may know, I've been out of town in Louisville, Kentucky for the last couple of days.

I just wanna throw out a thanks to Ryan and Christina and everyone else who made the effort to make me feel welcome... you were successful. =]

...Yeah, the topic summed it up pretty well.

Woohoo!

I bought a cheap computer from Deany boy and put Linux on it. Now my mom and my sister have an internet connection and a nice secure computer that won't get viruses.

I connected it to my home network and installed sshd so now I have complete unfettered access to it over ethernet. In english that means I have a Windows and Linux computer to use at the same time now. It couldn't come at a better time either, when I'm working on finalizing the transition to the new FreeBASIC unix-like restructuring.

Hi! I'm Ruben.

I'm 24 years old and I live in a small town in Illinois.

I love all kinds of music, and having fun with people. I also make music.

I can be really nerdy. I maintain and develop a compiler on my spare time, so that might say something. :P I'm also working on an online game, but you can't see it yet. Only people I really like have seen it already. If you think you should be a tester, then you can get a hold of me.

I'm slowly but surely beating myself back into shape!

This is my first hosting/domain, so I guess it's more of an experiment than anything. So far I'm satisfied. :) Hope you enjoy the visit. I have linked to things I do, as well as things I just find interesting or awesome.

Thanks everyone, you're great.
-Ruben